What is battery life &amp; estimate of how many open close cycles?
14928
It uses 6 AA batteries. We use ours on the order of 8-10 times a day and batteries easily last a year or more.
941687
I have run it for about 6 hrs before on a fully charged battery. Sometimes 7 depending on how often it is used. I keep a spare fully chargedbattery on hand just in case.
202618
Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess. You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
501727
Can't tell you in hours or days, but battery life is really good. We have multiple users so hard to judge.
1595327
Thanks very much for your response. I'm only getting about an hour or less of battery life. I'm very disappointed. Thanks again.
2230528
Dear ,the battery life :standby time about 50 days music play time about 28 hrs Hope this help Bluedio team
1563896
I can't give you any idea about battery life because I use this computer at my home desk, plugged in most of the time. But I can tell you I've been very happy with this purchase.
935345
If you mean when running on battery, the built-in display will give you estimated runtime based on connected active load. If you mean when will battery/ies need to be replaced, that can vary greatly anywhere between two years and much longer. Once a year for the first two years, unplug UPS and see if estimated runtime matches actual runtime - if close batteries are still good. After two years maybe start doing this test every 6 months or so.
836163
In standbys or light use such as occasionally checking emails and answering phone calls the charge last me all day (14hrs). I get that with the original battery also. It is important to note that it took about 3 charging cycles to get this performance. Out of the box after original charge I only got 8 hrs, but in my case performance improved after more use. Heavy use gets me about 6-8 hrs depending on what I am doing.
1757213
don't really know. I have an average size battery, fish for 2-3 hours, have never run down the battery.
941424
Hi Grant! I don't have quantitative data, unfortunately, and I could find no numbers on the Web. We've found the life of these batteries (between charges) to be acceptable for our uses. We're not pros, so we don't go out for extended time periods and burn the batteries all the way down. We've not been caught short or in need of a charge by these items, under our use conditions. Sorry I don't have better info; all we can say is we've used them for a short while and noticed no operational difference from OEM units in our hands.
1564437
The battery life has been great so far! I've had mine for two months, I never turn it off, and I use my computer for 8-12 hours every day. The batteries haven't needed changed yet.
202619
Well, unfortunately I'm not an avid gamer so I am not on it that often, but I have found that if you have it in sleep mode it does a very good job of retaining power. If I were to estimate, if you played it as much as the average owner, I would say you could get a guaranteed couple days out of it...I might even venture and say three days. Again thats just a guess.You might wanna poke around online and google some sites that will give you some good insight on the battery life. Hope I was able to help at least a little. Have fun and keep gaming! ;)
116861
I just got the 16GB for Christmas. After reading all the battery posts, the first thing I did was charge it fully, then play it until the battery died. I got 20+ hours. I think a lot has to do with how often the screen is "lit". If you're constantly shuffling through, picking songs, adjusting volume etc. i think one would get less life than just playing it like I did (the screen was black most of the time since I wasn't adjusting anything). And of course, i would expect video or games to kill the battery even quicker. That would be a good test, play a video straight through and see the life. I don't have any videos loaded, so I can't really test that.
941686
I have run it for about 6 hrs before on a fully charged battery. Sometimes 7 depending on how often it is used. I keep a spare fully charged battery on hand just in case.
1389023
at least 2 hours. maybe even 3. Its been a year now and I still have 2 hours remaining in my battery and I'm a student. So i've been using my laptop extensibly.
1030249
I get less than 2 hours of use on a full charge (mainly using for internet browsing, email, and playing mp3). The battery also drains when it's not on. I have the 16 GB linux version with advanced desktop enabled. This seems to be common. I think most manufacturers exaggerate battery life a lot, if it's not a flat-out lie. So 2 hours or less of use unplugged with this device is probably the norm, if the manufacturer is saying 3 to 4 hours. My experience with most rechargeable mobile devices is that normal real world use will not get anywhere near what manufacturers state for battery life. I get less than 2 hours of use on a full charge (mainly using for internet browsing, email, and playing mp3). The battery also drains when it's not on. I have the 16 GB linux version with advanced desktop enabled. This seems to be common. I think most manufacturers exaggerate battery life a lot, if it's not a flat-out lie. So 2 hours or less of use unplugged with this device is probably the norm, if the manufacturer is saying 3 to 4 hours. My experience with most rechargeable mobile devices is that normal real world use will not get anywhere near what manufacturers state for battery life.